Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 93

Sport Clothes for Women A USEFUL COAT TOR ALl SORTS OF WIN- TER SPORTS. TWEED LINED WITH FUR. WITH FUR COLLAR AND CUFF TOP- BY MARY MARSHALL. NCE ich enthusiasm co for a part in to hunt woods, o skate nearer skiing, to with wind s cheeks. take Winter through ai <p leatless Janua the nipping n the th o than freezing long country lens noses stood to o walk ro who ical ex enough phys to the phy were quite e ertion. They had cal stimulation and well result of such cold weather exercise but they needes age und enthusi- 1 in’ great abundance bec do best though they might, the clothes t they could find to wear for such Winter sports were atrocl You might he willing to go out t hogganing at night, a pair of vour brother's trousers, pel man's sweater, homely woolen mi tens, a_tobboggan that belonge: o a child, with an old shawl wrapped around your shoulders—and you hoped that it was in the dark of the m In the light of day you simply fused to take part in Winter sports. But that in the days before knickerbockers and judphor breeches ind_ skirts that stop, before they reach the knees and turtle-neck sweat- ers for women and fascinating wind- breaks and feminine lumberjack coats and gay-colored woolen gloves and Winter sport costumes that are every bit feminine and becoming and swagger as the newest French evening rock For a was woman's sports activities are now so much a part of her that no well known dressmaker here or abroad can afford to ignore that phase of her wardrobe. Perhaps the French dressmakers have done more than any others in breaking down old traditions and_making us see that Winter sport clothes in order to be worm and sub- tantial need not be ugly or heavy or shapeless. One of the most distin guished of the French dressmakers has recenjly shown a Winter sports costume of white velvet—trimmed with long-haired white fox. The velvet coat, which is quite short, is lined with white rabbit and there is a short full skirt that divides in the mid- dle of the front. This is edged with THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, L ’='~'JJ"'A o Y, > FOR SKIING OR SNOW SHOEING Q /2-20 THIS COSTUME THAT CON- SISTS OF A GREEN AND BEIGE STRIPE WOOLEN JACKET. WITH A SCARF COLLAR, GREEN GREEN P. AND BEIGE C the long-haired white fox. The high white boots lace up the middle and are edged with the fox fur. Real it is &« most charming Winter cos- tume and not at all -impractical. If polar bears and ermines put on white fur in Winter, why should not we? Had knickers come into existence at any time in the history of women's clothes but the present they would doubtless have become more important than has actually been the case. Of course, there are knickers. for some sports trousers or knickers of some sort are preferred by many women, and some women like to wear the bi- furcated type of garment whenever they have a chance. They seem to suffer from a sort of skirt complex. But for the most part women have very little, if anything, to gain by doffing skirts and donning Knickers. For skirts were never less trouble- some than at present Nothing could be easier to wear than the short, slightly circular gar- ment of some light-wéight material that at present goes by the name of sport skirt. Most of these new sport skirts are made with a voke, which is frequently of silk. The over-blouse or jumper has become so very general now that there is precious little need for the skirt that shows the fabric up to the belt. With these new yoked skirts the yoke fits quite closely to the hips. The skirt that is there added is made with a somewhat circular shape, 5o that the yoke makes the skirt thin- | ner through the hips and also pro. vides a means of adding increased fullness below the hips. There is not « pleat or gather in many of these | vet they meas- | new little sport skirts ure a good three or three and a half CLOTH TROUSERS AND A vards around the bottom. And, or“ course, they are quite short. The circu lar skirt looks dowdy as soon as it is long, while the ortened version thereof Is distinctly smart. To he sure, there are some one-piece rather tight skirts that fasten down the front. Hunting skirts are some times made with button and button- holes down the front—with leather breeches beneath. The full short sport | skirt that is chosen for golf, skating and almost every other form of out- door Winter sport is usually worn over a pair of rather closefitting bloomers—heavy silk or not too heavy woolen jersey being preferred. These are chosen to match the skirt which | is worn over them, The short full =kirt is almost always chosen by the American girl for skat- ing nowadays, not because she feels that it is more modest or more femi nine or more respectable than the knicker type of garment, but because she feels that it Is more becoming and graceful and every bit as convenient and comfortable. Stlil_there are knickers, and very attractive they are, too. They are made of tweed in all the new and in- teresting shades and designs—not just the conventional gray mixture that used almost to be synonymous with the word tweed. Judphor breeches. I understand, are the choice of the smart young English girl this Winter | for all possible outdoor sports. She | wears ‘em for riding and she leaves | em on for skating. Add to them a! | gay sweater, stout boots, heavy | woolen gioves, a knitted skating cap and a jolly Winter sport ensemble has | been achieved—not one that would | | perhaps satisfy the demand of the | | young French we | the taste of the American girl, b D. €, DECEMBER to en nan and not ai tirely suftable and rather smart So if you are somewhat British vour taste, then by all means get a pair of judphors for vc Winte sport outfit. The disadvantage, « course, is that when you wear them u have no opportunity to display your gay new sport stockings the judphors, as you probably know are long trousers rather full through the upper half and quite close-fitting from the knee down to the ankl With the short full skirt usually chosen by the American sports girl there is need for a pair of interest- ing wool stockings. These should he chosen with much care, so as to ac cord. somehow with the general of the rest of the costume. A to the stocking counters thesc makes one feel that every woma for | 20, 1925— PART 5. I OR SKATING A SHORT FUR COAT WORN OV A RED CLOTH FROCK SHOWING SHORT CIRCULAR SKIRT EDGED WITH FUR. wa stockings w s s in wear sport as s Wint i wonder— the most e figu er we: man. 1 one fashion a the Usually th clear Ay of t me you a by tppropriate for house and town stockings would women of bright s expected to ressive sports ired stockings in 1 stocking: Most women now’ sil r. Nowadays kits as they have the greatest sins hd good form is to ries of are th ing fe 1ev are of beige or g coloring intre decoration _on women he ing wear bold and striking design Who wears them - you seldom see even or in fact,are con. the various outfits Soft woolen gloves with enormously | deep flaring cuff: the cuffs affected woolen tens last Winter instead of gloves. re Both Smart an 7 d Comfortable OSKTE o v & —ae i \, IN THIS SMART HUNTING ENSEMBLE LEATHER IS USED FOR But t for m finger want THE JAC KET AND SHORT CLOTH KNICKERS. WHILE BENEATH THE JACKET. here ix not women separately to wear ost muc like covered mittens you h of to will a de have So if you | sold. prob- | mand each SKIRT. WHICH BUTTONS OVER A WOOLEN SWEATER IS WORN ably have to seek them in the depart |ment where young boys' gloves are Things Divers Use Boat 1id to o ten fath with a is what Would vou be afs oms into the water in a top but no bottom? Yet divers do. Although it seems strange comes into these vessels. This can | only be explained by a physical princi- | ple about the pressure of air and | water, u want to try and ex- | that N0 water | more Which Without Bottom. 3 i | periment yourselves, put an inverted glass into a basin of water. You will ce that the water which comes up 1 glass is at much lower level i that in the basin. This is be- cause the glass had air In it and the water cannot displace the air. It rises a little, however, because water is compressed than air to begin and it forces the air back a way into more compact form. his principle, then, was used for the first diving bells, usually made of wood and bound with hoops, as well as later and vastly improved types. A man was lowered in one of these bells, but was drawn up again at very short intervals of time to renew the air which he had used up in breathing. Later, bar 5 of air to him, and still later. through a tube. That is the method used. The first divers’ sults were open, but recently the closed suit has been nsed with much greater suecess. Th ed suit is watertight at wrists ind ankles with a round copper hel- met. Improvements in the suits in- clude valves to control depths and carefully guarded windows to see th . The boots which go with a diving suit are made of leather and weigh about 20 pounds each. into with, little Kitten and BY DOROTHY DUNSIN( . The vellow-eved kitten often est on the hearth. There it could look into the flames and purr or sleep, or do any number casy. contented things. There before the fire its yellow eves turned (o © couls with little f them. It thought at many things, but most thought about the Kettle in which its mistress boiled the water for tea. This_kettle one with a fine snout. But it always Jivery single time the lady of house put on the water for tea, the kettle would begin to hiss and in a few minutes over it would boil and half the water would be lost. It an noved the lady of the house very muen Tor she would have to put some more water in and boil it all over again So sat n mes ¢ abaut shiny proud over. the vas a beautiful figure and a boiled when the fire was es- pectainy nice and the kettle 15t be: ginning to buzz with the water in it, the Kitten stopped purring and spoke: pardon me, Miss Kettle,” he said, it 1 have a quusdon to ask you.” Pat is 32 kettle, a one da isked the the Kettle of protest, see 1 am she does? way so will And what kitten. The ssatisfied.” kettle flew into a rage and hubbled loudly. “Well, if she does see, [ shall certainly expect her to polish me off immediately after T have finish- ed my work. I simply won't look a fright all the time she's eating.” And with that it boiled over again. Its mistress came running and snatched it off the fire. “This kettle is entirely too small to e useful,” she said to herself. “It boils over every time I use it.” And then she put some water in a big pan and emptied the little Kettle. “There, you stubborn old kettle,” <he said as she put it in the scrap hasket. . Injun Talk. +Quinine—If Minnie in Indian means water, what does Minnesota mean?” Arsenic-—I'm sure I don't know. Quinine—Sota water, you poor fish! Ray! No School! little bit flattered. Why,” said the kitten, “T just was ondering why, when vou have such | o ver: hor you are always boiling over.” Why little angr “\Why not nice sked the kettle, 1d beginning to * If T didn’t boil ove evening, my utiful _ shiny would be as ck and ugiy , could be all during dinner. As it is, they are black anyway, but 1 boil over Young Student—Hooray, teacher, you said we'd have a test today, rain or shine. Teacher—Well? Young Student—It's snowing! Correct. —What do you vou zracuate? udent-—An old man, ! expect to be when were lowered | r was pumped | that_our | asked the | Editors are stolid And_editors are cold. And editors expect a man To be right bold. Why. one came up to me In'a nasty sort of way. Saying: “Take the train at once For the Land of Play. ““There's a funny fellow there, Old. and rather fat. Pretty hard to talk to, Deaf, and all that. “Go and interview him, Go without a pause, Find out all about him— His name is Mister Claus Those were his instructions, And so 1 journeyed forth To find the mystic Land of Play, Far up North. 1 traveled all the morning. 1 traveled all the night, *Until 1 came to fields of &now., Gleaming white. Polar bears were singing. 'And seals were playing tag: Across a siver glacier Leaped a stag. Bands of vibrant color Were painted on the sky, And there an icy” palace Reared jta turrets bigh, And I stood still to spy. Clear as glass the walls were, Through them L could see An old man in his shirt slecves, Working merrily. His face was red and cheerful, His beard was white as milk His_lips were smiling, and his eyes Were soft as silk. He pounded with a hammer, He painted with a brush: Why. never have T 1n'such a rush! He chiseled yellow wood. He twisted burnished 'tin, And moulded figures out of iron As 1 peered in. His nimble fingers fashioned Delights for girls and boys: 1 ggnt believe there ever were so many Eeen a man And as I stood and watched him d ‘to look_ont Here, youne man."* he sald, Now What are you about? ¥ don’t need any ice today. 4 If you're the fce man's hoy. And it you've come to beg, I cannot Spyre a single toy.” His voice was gruff. but underneath A note of kindness rang, And though he frowned I knew that n his heart he sang, For he had a joyous twang. So T strode up to the palace. And T marched in throush the door. But Torcetting 1t was. nade of oo, T shipped upon the 0001 With Mr. Claus e Ty &-x‘h I ekated 50 feet or so ‘And landed on my car. “Good gracious. " said Mr. Claus, fou've had a fall, I fear. Then he helped me to my feet. And I danced a little caper, 1 put glasses on my nose ‘And pulled-out pen and paper. “I've come to interview you, To leran how you're proxressin To_know if all good boys and gir] 'Will ket vour blessing. You've got them all u guessing. | | . Well, He sa ! he tugzed on his beard. And ho scratched his white head. “I'm not so sure I'll come this year, And I was filled with dread “I've one week to go And my, work's just begun, And_there's 1o one to help me— Why, Then he smiled as a friend would, T'm not half done And chuckled up his sleeve, And puzzled me by saying “You' 1l do, & believe. “I've been hunting all over For a Take your coat There And bef 1 was And was there lad like you, nd_collar off, ’s work to do.” ore I could stammer, taken off my poise. n his workship Making toys We_pounded and we hammered, Mr. C] Taus imd I, We_sawed and we' soldered, il o ur work piled high We_made wooden horse: We m: ade wooden carts, Steam trains and motor cars, Targef We_made ts and darts. e mama dolls. We made baby beds, Kiddie cars and roller ‘skates, Snow shoes and sleds. Pop guns and doll houses, Furniture and dishes, Jack_kni ives and sailing boats, Bright-colored fishes, Monkess to climb a string. Pt Soldiers All guars Airships that really el nooks to read and wooden blocks, teed. fly. construction e Porch ewings and animals, Little un’ cadets We_made all the toys You have ever seen or heard of. We_made more than you could ever Name Ang_atter we We packed » one-third of. made them all, s ey | | A very \lmm Mr. day. | Pelican, | his ¢ had a family | suppa such Wi Wel Yet 1 war? and aow, To laugh an For_evers onc’s remembared. There's not a child And_Mr. Claus will meet them all, Like a8 not Mary- pleasant He gave d, thou roubles, he of wt, as well a fancy to F have occasion 1. the L left the o Monk's labor ex his told and a lame canary. ter Peli Are of Interest to Younger Av Iniexvie little fellow ul name h chee A, lazy old Mr Each one neatly wrapped And labeled with a tas. And every boy in Hindustan, And every girl in France, Monk 16 voung Pelicans to Readers Mr. 'Monk's New Adventures. came | g ange one | Peter about father Monk took | an that he Christnias day, TEO. palace or the southbound tra the time forgot my in ‘We Wont Ann—Because 1 have more T spent with Santa oh work to o, v mission— Have Any. w Why are you so opposed to makes history than I can Tearn he | him at the “Missing Link” Golf as a caddy. Mr. Monk was a playihg member, and he thought Peter made a specially =ood ca because he never advised a zolfer how to play his stroke. Per haps it was because Peter knew i was bad manners to speak with his mouth full. This Is Awful He (pleadingly)—But you have gone out with worse looking guys than me, haven't you? She—(No answer). He (more pleadingly)—I haven't you gone out with some worse looking guys than me? She—I heard you the first time I'm just trying to think. Puts Them in Glass of Water. 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